[PlanetCCRMA] qjackctl probs on FC3

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 19:29, Peter Howard wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 18:06, Peter Howard wrote:
> >> I've just upgraded from FC2 to FC3 (when I say "upgrade" I mean "clean
> >> install of FC3 on reformatted partition and then install CCRMA on top)
> >> and
> >> am now having problems with qjackctl.
> >>
> >> If I start jackd off the command line with
> >>
> >> jackd --realtime -d alsa
> >>
> >> it works.  However when starting up qjackctl I get the error:
> >>
> >> "Could not open ALSA sequencer as a client.  MIDI patchbay will be not
> >> available"
> >> "ALSA lib seq_hw.c:446(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No
> >> such
> >> file or directory"
> >
> > Either load the module by hand (/sbin/modprobe snd-seq) or enable the
> > alsasound startup script (part of the alsa-driver package):
> >   /sbin/chkconfig alsasound on
> > On the next reboot the sequencer module should be automatically loaded.
> 
> 
> The modprobe fixed the problem.  And i've enabled the alsasound script.
> Thanks for the fast response.
> 
> My only question left is: Shouldn't alsasound have been enabled by
> default?  Is this:
> 
> a) A bug
> b) A bug specific to my setup
> c) A feature

A bug? The alsa sequencer should be autoloaded but that's not happening.
I've had not time to look at this in detail. The alsasound script should
not be necessary but it is a workaround that works. I normally don't
enable it by default, maybe I should in the next release for fc3. 

-- Fernando